Chapter 05 — Leaders, laggards, and starting points
The atlas reveals radically different transition pathways.
The largest energy and data-center markets are not a single class. Some expand mostly clean generation; others add clean and fossil power together; smaller countries can post dramatic percentage gains from a very low base.
Renewable share in selected data-center countries
Major hosting markets follow distinct clean-energy trajectories.
Clean-energy share in the 15 largest facility markets
The heatmap makes location-specific grid differences visible across the decade.
Clean generation in the top 20 countries
Absolute production highlights the countries capable of adding clean electricity at globally meaningful scale.
Clean generation by continent
Continental growth paths put national leaders and laggards in regional context.
Total generation rank versus clean rank
Rank gaps identify countries whose clean-energy position is stronger—or weaker—than total system scale alone suggests.
Clean-energy ranking movers
The largest risers and fallers reveal where clean generation over- or underperforms relative to total production.
Electricity expansion versus green growth
Absolute generation expansion and relative clean growth identify different kinds of opportunity and exposure.